Acting
Gene Kelly
FR, EL, EN cinema · 113 credits
Born
23 August 1912
Died
2 February 1996 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as 진 켈리 · جین کلی · Eugene Curran Kelly
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. He starred in, choreographed, or co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s, until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. Kelly is best known today for his performances in films such as Cover Girl (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, On the Town (1949), which was his directorial debut, An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954), and It's Always Fair Weather (1955). Kelly made his film debut with Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942), and followed by Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Thousands Cheer (1943), The Pirate (1948), Summer Stock (1950), and Les Girls (1957) among others. After musicals he starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (1960) and What a Way to Go! (1964). In 1967, he appeared in French director Jacques Demy's musical comedy The Young Girls of Rochefort opposite Catherine Deneuve. Kelly solo directed the comedy A Guide for the Married Man (1967) starring Walter Matthau, and later the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand, recognized with an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Kelly co-hosted and appeared in Ziegfeld Follies (1946), That's Entertainment! (1974), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), That's Dancing! (1985), and That's Entertainment, Part III (1994). His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. Kelly received an Academy Honorary Award in 1952 for his career achievements; the same year, An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors (1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Known for
Filmography
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
True Blue
as (Archive Footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
La La La
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Happy Again
as Don Lockwood (archive footage)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
as Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
as Self (Archive Footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self / Narrator (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Host
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self (archive footage)
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Interviewee
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Reporters
as Self
Xanadu
as Danny McGuire
Ersatz
as Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
Mickey's 50
as Self
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self - Host
Viva Knievel!
as Will Atkins
That's Entertainment, Part II
as Self - Host, Director
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
40 Carats
as Billy Boylan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
as Self - Guest Performer
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Cheyenne Social Club
Director, Producer
Hello, Dolly!
Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jeremy Keen, the Peddler, Director, Choreographer, Producer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
as Andy Miller
What a Way to Go!
as Pinky Benson, Choreographer
American in Paris
Director
Gigot
Director
Inherit the Wind
as E.K. Hornbeck
Let's Make Love
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Marjorie Morningstar
as Noel Airman
Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly
as Self, Director
The Tunnel of Love
Director
Badman's Country
Art Direction
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
as Tom T. Triplett
Les Girls
as Barry Nichols
The Happy Road
as Michael J. Andrews, Producer, Director
Invitation to the Dance
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad, Director, Writer, Choreographer
It's Always Fair Weather
as Ted Riley, Choreographer, Director
Brigadoon
as Tommy Albright, Choreographer
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Lieutenant Bradville
Deep in My Heart
as Performer (segment "Dancing Around")
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood, Director, Choreographer
The Devil Makes Three
as Jeff Eliot
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Gene Kelly (uncredited)
An American in Paris
as Jerry Mulligan, Choreographer
It's a Big Country
as Icarus Xenophon
Black Hand
as Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
Summer Stock
as Joe D. Ross
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
On the Town
as Gabey, Director
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Eddie O'Brien, Choreographer, Story
The Pirate
as Serafin, Choreographer
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
Words and Music
as Gene Kelly
Living in a Big Way
as Leo Gogarty, Choreographer
Ziegfeld Follies
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Anchors Aweigh
as Joseph Brady, Choreographer
Combat Fatigue Irritability
as Seaman Bob Lucas, Director
The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
Cover Girl
as Danny McGuire
Christmas Holiday
as Robert Manette
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Alec Howe / Black Arrow
Thousands Cheer
as Eddie Marsh
The Cross of Lorraine
as Victor
Pilot #5
as Vito S. Alessandro
For Me and My Gal
as Harry Palmer